Republic of Ghana

United Nations Security Council

Republic of Ghana

Guțu Vladislav

Introduction:

Ghana is considered one of the more stable countries in West Africa since its transition to multi-
party democracy in 1992. Formerly known as the Gold Coast, Ghana gained independence from
Britain in 1957, becoming the first sub-Saharan nation to break free from colonial rule. Gold,
cocoa and more recently oil form the cornerstone of Ghana's economy and have helped fuel an
economic boom. The country is named after the great medieval trading empire that was located
northwest of the modern-day state until its demise in the 13th century.
Ghana was admitted to the United Nations on 8 March 1957, two days after it achieved
independence from Britain. Ghana was previously known as the Gold Coast under British rule
since 1821. Situated on the coast of the Golf of Guinea in western Africa, Ghana is bordered to the
northwest and north by Burkina Faso, to the east by Togo, to the south by the Atlantic Ocean, and
to the west by Côte d’Ivoire.

Topic A : Creating a framework for preventing and combating arms trafficking in fragile

areas.
The problem of arms trafficking is multidimensional. Firearms are manufactured and traded

both licitly and illicitly thus making the identification and tracing of illegally manufactured and

trafficked firearms very complex. Further complicating matters, most firearms are produced

legally and then diverted into the illicit market. Notably, illicit arms are present in most forms of

violent crimes and increase the power of organized criminal groups

The production of homemade guns is big business in West Africa.
They can be bought for as little as £7 and are used for armed robberies and organized crime.
Blacksmiths in Ghana are estimated to produce up to 200,000 of these guns a year.
90% of armed robberies in Ghana are reported to use homemade firearms. The Ghana police

started a operation useing varios methods to combat this problem.

In September 2021, the three countries launched their Amnesty Month campaign. They

conducted nation-wide outreach to raise awareness among the general public on the negative

effects of illicit gun ownership and illicit small-arms trafficking. As part of the awareness-

raising campaign conducted over national and local television, radio, print media and seminars,

Uganda held a slogan contest and selected three slogans for its national campaign: “Embrace

Peace, give up illegal guns”, “Together, we can silence the guns” and “Let us have guns in the

right hands”. The three countries also organized an official launching ceremony to promote the

Amnesty Month and advocate for the voluntary surrender of illicit weapons and ammunition.
That being said creating a framework will be quite hard but still possible. First, creating a

special military force that will confiscate all the illegal firearms and homemade firearms. Also

aresting the dealers and creating many oparation like this. Also educate the kids about the

problem of the country after all only the new generation can make a segnificant change.
Topic B : Limits and ethics to information gathering, espionage and intelligence.
If you’ve heard of competitive intelligence, you may be wondering how it can be gathered

responsibly. Many people commonly misunderstand competitive intelligence as corporate spying

or unauthorized access to private company information.

Tactics like these are unethical and have nothing to do with the practices competitive intelligence

professionals actually use. Competitive intelligence relies on access to publicly available

information and independent research to get insight into your organization’s industry and

competition.
Corporate espionage is an illegal and unethical way to access private information. Competitive

intelligence aims instead to take a closer look at the kinds of information that’s always been

available to you, but you’ve just been too busy to decipher. With competitive intelligence, you

can gain an advantage without stooping to unethical tactics.

The professionals at ArchIntel look through a wide variety of publicly available information to

figure out what the competitors in your industry are about to do. They analyze social media

trends, review sites, online discussion forums, patent databases, research reports, competitor

websites, and customer surveys to give you critical insight into what your competitors’ next move

might be.
Professional competitive intelligence goes further than just monitoring the competition, though.

The professionals at ArchIntel turn insight into action. They will gather information from a

variety of sources, analyze it, and show you the next steps your organization can take to get ahead

of the competition.
Since competitive intelligence relies on public information and market research, you can be

reassured that the process is ethical and a wise decision. But it’s always a good idea to make sure

your competitive intelligence strategy is following the highest ethical standard.

Intelligence professionals around the world are taught and encouraged by their leaders to use

unethical tactics (such as lie, deceive, and steal) in order to obtain such information. Ethical
standards may be breached if applied to the real world.

Bibliography:

1. https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_349158/UQ349158_OA.pdf?
2. https://archintel.com/blog/is-it-ethical-to-gather-competitive-intelligence/
3. https://www.un.org/disarmament/information-bulletin-issue-no-8-jun-2022/
4. https://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/ghana
5. https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/firearms/module-1/key-issues/framing-the-issue-of-

firearms.html